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Okay, so let's pretend...
...that I'm completely ignorant on the issue of the profitability of Closed- versus Open-Source.

"You just have to use a different business model and that?s it (long time ago I wrote a version of it)."

Enlightenment, please. You don't have to go into gory detail.

Just give me a synopsis: What did that "business plan" do?
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Fortunately  Michael Kelly | 08/10/05
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That I do know  Michael Kelly | 08/10/05
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But...  rapson | 08/10/05
I meant  Michael Kelly | 08/10/05
Tell me about it  rapson | 08/10/05
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Okay, so let's pretend...  bill@... | 08/10/05
Do not pretend, just show me signs of decent intelligence & we?ll talk.(NT)  Vily Clay | 08/10/05
Reason?  rapson | 08/10/05
Why should I discuss ALGEBRA with guys who don?t know simple MATH? (NT)  Vily Clay | 08/10/05
Like this  voska | 08/10/05
It?s HUGE,e.g. you can pick up $bil market that is lost by high prices.(NT)  Vily Clay | 08/10/05
Ok, let's talk GPL profit models  CobraA1 | 08/10/05
OK, let?s go. For the beginning - ...  Vily Clay | 08/10/05
Hmm . . .  CobraA1 | 08/11/05
I?ll try to be as simple as I can.  Vily Clay | 08/11/05
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